Rural Payments Agency
There will be times when the Rural Payments service is unavailable because of essential planned maintenance and updates.
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) will aim to minimise disruption to the service by scheduling planned maintenance times. We will try to give as much notice as possible about maintenance and downtime of the service, though we may not always be able to do this.
What maintenance and downtime is scheduled
Maintenance and downtime scheduled for the next 4 weeks. Some dates and times may change during the 4-week period.
| From | To | Reason for downtime |
|---|---|---|
| 5:15pm Monday 15 July | 7:30pm Monday 15 July | Major maintenance |
| 6:00pm Monday 22 July | 9:00pm Monday 22 July | Major maintenance |
| 5:15pm Tuesday 23 July | 9:00am Wednesday 24 July | Major maintenance |
| 6:00pm Wednesday 31 July | 9:00pm Wednesday 31 July | Major maintenance |
| 5:15pm Tuesday 6 August | 9:00am Wednesday 7 August | Major maintenance |
| 6:00pm Wednesday 14 August | 9:00pm Wednesday 14 August | Major maintenance |
| 5:15pm Tuesday 20 August | 9:00am Wednesday 21 August | Major maintenance |
| 6:00pm Wednesday 21 August | 9:00pm Wednesday 21 August | Major maintenance |
| 6:00pm Wednesday 28 August | 9:00pm Wednesday 28 August | Major maintenance |
Types of maintenance
There are different types of maintenance that need to be carried out.
| Type of maintenance | Maintenance details |
|---|---|
| Major | Planned downtime to release new functionality and software upgrades |
| General | Weekly planned downtime to update land and customer details |
| System | To fix system functionality |
Updates to this page
Last updated 22 July 2024 +show all updates
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Scheduled maintenance added for 22 July.
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Updates to planned downtime for July and August 2024.
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Updates to June downtime!
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Added downtime notification for 13 May
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Updates to planned downtime to include additional downtime for 24 April
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Updates to Rural Payments downtimes scheduled for May 2024
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Updated Rural Payments downtime for May 2024.
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Updates to Rural Payments downtime for March/April 2024
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Updates to downtime times for the March and April 2024
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Updated planned downtime for March
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Further updates made to February/March 2024 scheduled downtimes
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Downtime scheduled for today 21/02 has been updated
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Updated scheduled Rural Payments downtime notifications for February 2024.
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Updates to RP downtime scheduled for Friday 19 January
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Updates to planned Rural Payments downtime for January 2024
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Updates to Friday 12th January 2024 for planned downtime.
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Downtime added for week commencing 1 January 2024
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Updated downtime for week commencing 18 December.
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